“Putting the Civil Rights Act back on track; The Trump administration’s fight against unlawful disparate-impact liability is good for business and the Constitution”: T. Elliot Gaiser and Josh Craddock have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Judges tour the Midwest to offer unusual warning about attacks on courts; All week, current and retired judges have spoken out about physical threats to judges and a rising tide of criticism from politicians and elected officials”: Cole Reynolds of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump’s go-to attorneys take unusual steps for a sitting president; Trump was advised to fire Boris Epshteyn; Instead, Epshteyn is leading the president’s personal legal team”: Isaac Arnsdorf and Perry Stein of The Washington Post have this report.

“Under the Gavel 2026: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term in Review.” You can view the video of this recent event via this link.

“This Is a Lot More Worrying Than the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Executive Power”: David Lawrence has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Samuel Alito, a MAGA-Friendly Justice With a New Conservative Legal Vision; Samuel Alito is fusing establishment conservatism and the Trump movement into a new legal doctrine; His approach to the law may outlast them both”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A woman won $4 million playing the lottery. Then, her divorce case went to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. A previously undisputed divorce took a turn after one spouse got lucky.” Christopher Gavin of The Boston Globe has this report.

You can access the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island at this link.

“DHS’ Use of Force at Portland Facility Queried by Ninth Circuit”: Mallory Culhane of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Monique Merrill of Courthouse News Service reports that “Feds urge Ninth Circuit for continued tear gas use at Portland ICE facility; The appeals court previously stayed two preliminary injunctions that blocked federal agents from deploying tear gas and other chemical munitions outside the Portland ICE facility.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the video of today’s oral argument on YouTube.

“What Happened to End Citizens United PAC v. FEC? The D.C. Circuit reheard the case en banc over sixteen months ago, but there’s still no opinion.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Conservative Justices Are Itching to Create a Constitutional Right to Buy an AR-15; The Trump White House joins the gun activists petitioning the Supreme Court to continue its rewrite of the Second Amendment”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Full Fifth Circuit Will Hear Challenge to Mandatory Detention”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

“How ‘skill games’ exploded across Pennsylvania — and sparked a multimillion-dollar political fight; Parx Casino and Pace-O-Matic spent millions battling over Pa. gambling policy; Lawmakers now must decide who wins”: Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article that begins, “Shortly after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court dealt a legal blow to so-called skill games in June, the CEO of Parx Casino celebrated the decision and blamed the unregulated slot machine-like devices for attracting ‘rampant crime, money laundering, compulsive gambling and underage gambling.’”